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Glasgow University Library

Glasgow University Library in the main library of the University of Glasgow. At the turn of the 21st century, the main library building itself held 1,347,000 catalogued print books, and 53,300 journals.
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  • Opening hours: 7:15 AM—2:00 AM
  • Email: library@glasgow.ac.uk
  • Type: Library
  • Description: library in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “University of Glasgow Library” and “University of Glasgow. Library.”
  • Address: Hillhead Street, Glasgow, G12 8QE
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.

Museum
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owned by Glasgow City Council is a major museum and art gallery in the area of , Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. is situated 1,800 feet south of Glasgow University Library.

Museum
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The Hunterian is a complex of museums located in and operated by the University of Glasgow in . It is the oldest museum in Scotland. It covers the Hunterian Museum, the Hunterian Art Gallery, the Mackintosh House, the Zoology Museum and the Anatomy Museum, which are all located in various buildings on the main campus of the university in the west end of Glasgow. is situated 610 feet south of Glasgow University Library.

Church
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is home to and owned by the congregation of Glasgow: Kelvin West Parish Church of Scotland, a congregation resulting from a union between the congregations of the former of Scotland and Kelvinbridge Parish Church of Scotland. is situated 510 feet southeast of Glasgow University Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hillhead and Dowanhill.

Suburb
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is an area of , Scotland. Situated north of and to the south of the , is at the heart of Glasgow's fashionable , with Byres Road forming the western border of the area, the other boundaries being Dumbarton Road to the south and the to the east and north.

Suburb
is an affluent area in the West End of , Scotland. An upper middle-class residential district, the area generally contains a mixture of terraced townhouses with private communal gardens, detached villas with private grounds and a number of four-storey tenement buildings.

Suburb
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The of the West End of Glasgow, Scotland, is an affluent area located around Park Circus, which sits atop Woodlands Hill, beside .

Glasgow University Library

Latitude
55.87338° or 55° 52′ 24″ north
Longitude
-4.2891° or 4° 17′ 21″ west
Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)
Levels
12
Operator
University of Glasgow
Open location code
9C7QVPF6+99
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32660759
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
12233279
Wiki­data ID
Q5566950
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Persian—“Glasgow University Library” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca de la Universitat de Glasgow”
  • Chinese: “格拉斯哥大學圖書館”
  • Esperanto: “Biblioteko de Universitato de Glasgovo”
  • French: “bibliothèque universitaire de Glasgow”
  • French: “Bibliothèque universitaire de Glasgow”
  • German: “Glasgow University Library”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη Πανεπιστημίου Γλασκόβης”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη Πανεπιστημίου Γλασκώβης”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη του Πανεπιστημίου της Γλασκόβης”
  • Italian: “Glasgow University Library”
  • Japanese: “グラスゴー大学図書館”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه دانشگاه گلاسگو”

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